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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Big Tent Poetry: step 1

The poem I wrote as my first answer to the Big Tent Poetry prompt: "letter to an absent friend" has proven to be an inspired one.

A friend , one I had in mind when writing the poem, as he was unusually quiet during that period e-mailed me the next day. He was not the only friend that I felt starting to drift away when writing it, but he was the one to reply. And thus he assumed the poem.

And if you read it when I first post it on my blog you may recall the end:

"the letter you never got to mail."
but I got to mail it, well email it, when Bryan called for submission for the most recent chapbook he edited:

@derrick. Thanks@cynthia indeed. Lucky me I have a blog so it's not totally lost ;)@Pam that is my favorite too@Ron and JulieI love its power, the suggestion too. but I am afraid I read it someplace else

Hi Ana -- This poem is lovely and quiet. Your layout choices really let me hear the sound of the pauses, and I especially like the effect it has when reading aloud the "...this letter. // A letter" and "Your eyes. // Kind eyes" lines.

Oh, and thanks for visiting my blog & commenting on my poem for this prompt :-)